How did you spend Earth Day? I hope you did something "earthy," or at least earth-friendly. In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Phoenix Contact's president, Jack Nehlig, ceremonially disconnected from the electric grid.

Power outages can be inconvenient, scary and costly. Large corporations depend on electricity to stay in business and provide the public with what it needs. When there is a localized power issue, and your business depends on stable power to keep your production lines working, what steps do you put...

Voltage spikes are brief events that don't last for very long. In complex systems, even seemingly small events can have serious consequences and this is definitely true of industrial automation systems. Industrial systems need many different devices working in order to maintain normal operations.